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COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -60.1%).

Data 2000-01-04 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,644 (26.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.6%, drawdown -87.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 1.5%, MDD -60.1%, Sharpe 0.19, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.1%p (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -60.1%, exposure 58%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Supertrend
period=7, mult=4.8
1.5%-60.1%0.190.021.5x7558%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=96
-0.4%-73.3%0.12-0.010.9x7353%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=61
-1.2%-76.7%0.08-0.020.7x8951%
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=-0.07
-3.1%-86.6%0.05-0.040.4x33772%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=63
-3.7%-92.2%0.05-0.040.4x9578%
MACD
fast=39, slow=59, signal=25
-2.7%-85.5%0.04-0.030.5x17753%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
-3.5%-88.1%0.00-0.040.4x31552%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=3.5
-0.8%-46.3%-0.05-0.020.8x206%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.7
-1.8%-65.6%-0.05-0.030.6x5213%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=18
-1.7%-65.2%-0.07-0.030.6x5011%
Buy and hold-0.6%-87.2%0.19-0.010.9x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -65% -87% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -60.1% (2012-02-20 → 2025-06-02), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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